Chapter 2: The meeting



When I was on my way out of the school I was surrounded by students, parents and teachers complementing me on such a wonderful job I did. Once I was able to escape the crowd of people, I went and sat on the bleachers by the soccer field. I just sat there and looking at the ground and said to myself "Why, why must I continue to live like this? I just want to be treated like anyone else!" I then began to cry, "I hate being thought of as perfect!" I yelled into the empty field. I'm not why couldn't any one see that? I just wish that there was a place where I wouldn't have to acted perfect and be thought of as cute, pretty and wonderful. I wanted so badly to go somewhere where people will like me for who I am! I just sat there staring at the ground wondering if such a place could exist.



"I can take you to such a place Mikaru Motsuno." Came a deep voice from the centre of the soccer field. My head shot up to see who was speaking to me. It was a tall man wearing a heavy black cloak with a hood, I hardly see his face.

"Who are you? And how do you know me?" I demanded from this mysterious man as I stood up.

"My name is Folken Stratagos."He answered me in a stern voice.

"Folken, sounds like a bird." I said quietly to myself.

"I can take you away from this horrible world and take you to your own paradise." He said more softly this time.

"My own paradise?" I mumbled to myself. "Hey, how would you know what my paradise is?" I asked him a little confused.

"I know all and see all" he answered. I just smiled and asked

"If you know all and see all, then tell me what my paradise would be?" I could hear him chuckle

"Your paradise is a place where you could be a normal teenager. You want to be treated like everyone else. You don't want to be the centre of attention." My mouth dropped, how could he know all of this? Wait...could he read my mind? Right when I was about to say something he continued "but most of all, in your paradise, you want to be loved." I was speechless. "So then, will you come with me to this paradise?" he asked me holding his hand out toward me. "Well, it would be nice to get away from this place . . . " I thought aloud. Something about this guy was making me feel calm. "So I take it that you want to go" he said still holding his hand out at me. "Well ya--" he stopped me in mid sentence and told me all I had to do was touch his hand, so I walked toward him and did so. He suddenly disappeared. He vanished into thin air. But where did he go? I wondered. Maybe this is all just a dream. Suddenly the ground began to shake. I was beginning to get scared. Then a wall of water formed around the soccer field and began to collapse inward. In fear, I covered my head and waited for the water to hit me. To my surprise, only a few inches of water covered the field. "Huh? I was expecting a little more than a few inches but at least now I won't drown." I laughed, but I think I spoke too soon because I could see the Earth move up into the sky, then the water began to rise. First at slow but then it rose faster and faster. Soon the water turned into an ocean. My kimono was weighing me down and I could barely keep my head above the water but the weight was unbearable. I soon gave up, then everything went dark.



A/N: Yes I know this chapter is short but it's more of a filler chapter if you get my drift.